In the Long Run

We’re back! We survived two grueling trans-Atlantic flights, lousy exchange rates, hostile subway riders, expensive yet unsanitary WCs, exhausting sightseeing, unrelenting street vendors, one faulty voltage converter, several close calls crossing busy streets, an Italian brouhaha on a late-night bus, borsch, a non-functioning debit card, a dearth of potable water, one very big pinkie toe blister, night trains with no morning shower, helplessness due to language deficiencies, one extremely bossy landlady, miles of walking with our carry-on backpacks, phone card frustrations, two or three dousing thunderstorms, a wild dog attack, the long line to see Lenin, downgraded accommodations, blistering 102 degree heat, walking the perimeter of an entire country in blistering 102 degree heat, getting hopelessly lost several times, intimidating Russian reprimands for (among other things) breaking an ATM, a German laundromat, a bawdy and unseemly bike tour guide, losing and finding an indispensable sweater, dozens of mispronounced and misunderstood words, a camera battery that needed constant recharging, being together 24-7 for nearly three weeks…………………………………

………………..AND WE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!!

Posted by Cyppy at 8:34 PM